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== History of moderation on OWOT ==

In the early days of the site, FP imposed very little moderation on the userbase and allowed it to run (for the most part) as an anarchy site. FP has taken a progressively stricter approach to moderation as time went on.

<blockquote>"''If someone wants to run a moderated version of OWOT, I can release the source code, and someone can implement banning measures. On the main site, I think it's self-moderating and users can delete text themselves. I don't want OWOT to be headed towards the authoritarian direction though.''"

'''— FP in 2020'''

"''I used to be the guy who tried to be as lenient as possible, which meant allowing people to do literally anything they wanted, no matter what this included spamming as much as you wanted, speaking your mind, and taking down the server. ''

''Of course, I've changed a lot since then and I consider past me to be incredibly naive. Anyhow, as the community grew, I've realized that my way of doing things was horrible to say the least. I've started to clamp down on spam, restrict porn on the front page, and tried my best to resolve any dispute between community members. Even behind the scenes, I still try my best to avert harassment attempts.''"

'''— FP in an [https://ourworldoftext.com/Interview_with_FP interview] with [[AndreiXYZ]]'''</blockquote>In the early days of the site, FP imposed very little moderation on the userbase and allowed it to run (for the most part) as an anarchy site. FP has taken a progressively stricter approach to moderation as time went on.

=== Calls for more moderators ===